I just finished reading Pastor Riley's second rendering of who these TWO WITNESSES are, on Oct. 21st 2018. In his first rendering a few years ago he named them as Enoch and Elijah. Now he has said these TWO are John the Revelator and Elijah. Neither is true.
If any whish to read it, you may look in the letters posted on that date.
Enoch and Elijah are clearly an "example" of who these TWO witness represent, in that they represent the Gentiles and the Hebrews.
The two "families" of the earth.
Enoch was NOT a Jew. He represents the Gentile.
Abram/ Abraham, was not yet born until after the flood. The father of all the Jewish people. Abraham being of the seed of Eber, thus the Hebrews/Jew, as was Esau the brother of Jacob/Israel. Both Hebrews.
Elijah, represents the Jew, the children of Abraham.
God said of the Jewish people in Amos 3:2) You "only" have I known of "all" the "families" of the earth: therefore I will "punish" you for "all" your iniquities.
God also said to Abraham in Genesis 28:14) And "thy" seed shall be "as" the dust of "the earth," and thou shalt spread abroad to "the west," and to "the north," and to "the south:" and "in thee" and in "thy seed" SHALL ALL THE "FAMILIES" OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED.
We know that this blessing of all the families of the earth is "IN" the person of Jesus Christ. A JEW.
All the families of the earth being ALL; Jew and Gentiles.
Abraham has also Ishmael to his seed, and Abraham married again after Sarah died and had other children.
The Lord said to Israel, the Jewish people in Isaiah 43:10,12, and Isaiah 44:8
YE ARE MY WITNESSES.
As for the GENTILE people: Matthew 24:14 The gospel is preached "FOR A WITNESS" unto all nations; and then' shall the end come.
Acts 1:22) Beginning from the baptism of John, UNTO that same day that he (Christ) was taken up from us, MUST ONE BE ORDAINED TO BE "A WITNESS" WITH US OF HIS RESURRECTION.
Acts 26:16) to make thee a minister and "A WITNESS", both of these things which thou hast seen, and those things in the "which I will appear unto thee;" Hebrews 10:15) the Holy Ghost also is "A WITNESS" to us: 1 Peter 5:1) Peter saying; I' am also "A WITNESS" of the suffering of Christ.
I myself also have written concerning these TWO witness, and I based my thoughts then' on this verse: Hebrews 9:27) And as it is appointed unto men "once to die," but after this the judgment:
Then, I saw only TWO men throughout the scriptures that had not died, but God "took" them. These two men were Enoch FIRST, and then Elijah SECOND.
But according to Pastor Riley we are now looking at John. This John being John the Beloved, the Revelator. Directing us to him being "RAISED" and being a witness of the things that are yet to come, and also as one of the TWO WITNESSES.
Lets us Stop Right Here!!
Who in Revelation 11:4) does the Lord tell us these Two Witnesses are?
These are the TWO olive trees, and the TWO candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
1.TWO OLIVE TREES
2. TWO CANDLESTICKS
This is who they are: PERIOD
Now is where we put on our research hats.
We are dealing with TWO olive trees, and TWO candlesticks.
We see FOUR right? 2+2=4 yet God calls them "his" TWO witnesses.
We need to research the scriptures and find out who the TWO OLIVE trees are FIRST.
Then we look at who the TWO candlesticks are SECONDLY.
Remember we are dealing with TWO "families" of the earth.
Jew
GentileLike I said; Enoch was a Gentile
Elijah was a Jew.
We are looking at Jews and Gentiles. These TWO families of the earth make up who the TWO Witnesses are.
Now to the real MEAT "according to the scripture" who the TWO OlIVE TREES are FIRST.
Zechariah 4:11) Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these TWO OLIVE TREES upon the "right side" of the candlestick and upon the "left side" thereof?
12) And I answered "again", and said unto him, What be these TWO OLIVE "BRANCHES" which through the TWO golden pipes empty the golden OIL out of "THEMSELVES?
13) And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
(14) Then said he, THESE are the TWO ANNOINTED ONES, that "stand "by" the Lord of the whole earth.
NOW we read Revelation 11:4 These are the TWO OLIVE TREES, and the TWO CANDLESTICKS standing' before the God of the earth.
Now we know the TWO OLIVE TREES are the "anointed ones" to stand (by) before the God of the earth. Which is our Lord Jesus himself as "his" witnesses.
QUESTION: Has an Olive Tree ever been used in the Bible to represent (one) person? Or, Does the Olive Tree represent multiple people?
Let us read in Jeremiah 11:16) concerning the Jewish people.
The Lord called "thy name" A green Olive Tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a "great tumult" he hath kindled fire upon it, and "The Branches" of it are "broken." ( hold on to that and put it in your back pocket, we will see it farther in this study)
17) For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil of the "house of Israel" and of the "house of Judah", which they have done against "themselves" to provoke me to anger in offering unto Ba'al.
(The Jewish People; A Green Olive Tree. A body of people, A Nation....Israel.
And God kindled a fire upon it and "the Branches" of it are "broken."
The Jewish people are ONE of the OLIVE TREES. They represent ONE of the TWO OLIVE TREES)
We see here that Israel's branches are "broken."
The Gentiles
Paul the Apostle addresses this to the Gentiles in Romans 11)
Romans 11:11) I say then, Have they (Israel) stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but "rather" through their fall salvation "is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke" them' to jealousy." 12) Now if the fall of them' be "the riches of the world," and the diminishing of them' the riches of the Gentiles; HOW MUCH MORE THEIR FULNESS? 13) For I' (Paul) speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I' am the apostle "of the Gentiles," I' magnify mine office: 14) IF by any means I may provoke "to emulation" THEM which are my flesh, and "might" save "some of them." 15) For if the casting away of them' be the "reconciling" of "the world," what shall the receiving of them' be, but "life from the dead?"
(16) For if "the FIRSTFRUIT (of God) be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the "root" be holy, so are the "BRANCHES." 17) And if some of the branches be "broken off" and "thou" (Gentiles) wert "grafted in among them," and WITH THEM be partakers of "the root" and fatness of "THE OLIVE TREE; 18) Boast not against "THE BRANCHES." But if thou (Gentiles) boast, thou bearest "not" the "root," but the "root" thee.
So we Gentiles are grafted in as "branches" to the root of the Olive Tree, Israel.
Jew and Gentile are the TWO OLIVE TREES.
Israel is still An OLIVE TREE and is the ROOT. The firstfruits of the Lamb..
We Gentiles are also An OLIVE TREE "grafted into the root."
Romans 11:23) And they (Israel) also "if" they abide not still in "unbelief," shall be "grafted in" for God is able to graft them' in again.
Remember ...Romans 11:22) BEHOLD therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them' which fell, severity; but toward thee, (Gentiles) goodness, "if" thou (Gentiles) continue' "in his goodness:" otherwise thou (Gentiles) also shalt be cut off.
We read again 23) And they' (Israel) also, "if" they abide "not still" in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
( Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this "mystery," lest ye should be wise "in your own conceits;" that "blindness in part" is happened to Israel, UNTIL the fullness of the Gentile be come in.)
WE CLEARLY SEE ISRAEL THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ONE' OF THE OLIVE TREES. and the Gentiles also ONE of the OLIVE TREES grafted in, the TWO groups of the Peoples of the earth.
Concluding... who the TWO OLIVE TREES ARE.
WE SEE CLEARLY THAT THE GENTILES ALSO ARE GRAFTED INTO THE ROOT (ISRAEL) AND ARE ALSO ONE OF THE OLIVE TREES.
John saw not Two People, but TWO types of people. Jew and Gentile.
What did our Lord Jesus say in Acts 1:7-8?
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know
1. the times
2. or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.
8) But ye "shall" receive POWER, "after" that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be "MY WITNESSES" unto me ( the God of the earth) both in JERUSALEM, and in "all" JUDAEA, and in SAMARIA, and unto "the uttermost part of the earth."
LET US NOW READ Isaiah 43:8-11)
Bring forth the "blind people" that "have eyes," ( this can be said of Israel who are blind in part) and "the deaf" that have ears.( this can be said of the Gentile who have "not heard" of the gospel until the time of Paul, for the gospel was given FIRST unto the Jew which Paul tells us in Hebrews 11:13 that he is the apostle of the Gentile, yet the Jew is his flesh)
continuing..9) Let "all" the nations be "gathered;" and let "the people" be "assembled:" WHO AMONG THEM can DECLARE this, and SHEW "us" former things? let them' bring forth "their witnesses," and they' may be justified: or let them "hear, and say, IT IS TRUTH.
10) Ye are MY WITNESSES, saith the Lord, and MY SERVANT whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I' am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11) I', even I', am the Lord; and beside me there is no "savior."
Now we address the TWO CANDLESTICKS
In Revelation 11:4 it tells us the Two Witnesses are also the Two Candlesticks.
First let us read Revelation 1:12) And I' (John) turned to see "the voice" that spake with me. And being turned, I saw 7 golden candlesticks;
Now in Revelation 1:20 we see what these 7 golden candlesticks represent.
The 7 STARS are the angels of the 7 churches.
The 7 CANDLESTICKS are the 7 CHURCHES.
( note: not all the churches in Revelation 2:1- Revelation 3 are given a good report. Only ONE...the 6th church is set with an open door, and will be [kept from] the "hour" of temptation, to take the mark of the beast.)
STARS are often referenced in the scripture as angels.
The CANDLESTICKS are said here to be the 7 CHURCHES.
Churches are a body of people, not ONE person, not a building made with hands.
The churches are "many members" of individuals.
1 Corinthians 3:16) Know ye not that ye are "the temple of God," and that the Spirit of God dwelleth "in" you?
1 Corinthians 3:17) If "any man" DEFILE the temple of God, "him" shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE.
2 Corinthians 6:16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they (Jew and Gentile) shall be my people.
LET US CONSIDER THE 2 MEN MENTIONED IN OUR BIBLE THAT GOD TOOK.
ENOCH: Genesis 5:24) And Enoch walked "with" God: and was not; for God took him.
Enoch was "not" a Jew/ Hebrew. Enoch lived "before" the flood, and before God called out Abram from the land of the Chaldeans; which was when God had separated for himself "a people."
And it was through Isaac, the promised seed, through the generations would bring Mary. And in Mary came the SEED "that holy thing" that God put in her womb. SALVATION for all the world.
Jew and Gentile.
John 3:16 For God so loved "the world" that he gave his only "begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
17) For God sent not his Son into "the world" to condemn the world, but that "the world" through him "might" be saved.
ELIJAH: 2 Kings 2:11) And it came to pass, as they (Elijah and Elisha) went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted "them both asunder;" and Elijah "went up" by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Kings 2:1) And it came to pass, [when the Lord would take up Elijah] into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
These TWO men ENOCH and ELIJAH "example" the TWO WITNESSES,
except the TWO WITNESS DIE in Revelation 11:8 in Jerusalem.
Enoch a Gentile, a prophet, unto the first world, before the Flood. ( a witness)
Elijah a Jewish prophet unto the children of Israel. (a witness)
The Church both Jew and Gentile after the Lord ascended. (a witness)
These... were to be A Witness for the whole world!!!John 3:16,17)
The TWO WITNESSES: come at the beginning of the First 1260 days= 42 months= 31/2 years, "before" the "time of Jacobs trouble " Revelation 11:3)
Jacob's trouble: begins Revelation 12:6) a thousand two hundred and threescore days. A time that has never been before, nor ever shall be again.
TWO sets of 1260 days=7 years.
Let us also consider Daniel 12:12) Blessed is "he" that waiteth , and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Who is this "he" in Daniel 12:12 that must wait?
Of Dan, Jacob said; I have waited for thy "salvation," O Lord. Genesis 49:18)
We see exampled here in ENOCH and ELIJAH both Jew and Gentile "believers."
The TWO OLIVE TREES and the TWO CANDLESTICKS are TWO bodies of Believers. Jew and Gentile. The Two Witnesses are God's people.
Both these are Two' Witnesses which are many people, not just 2 individuals believers.
Candlesticks are "lights"
Matthew 5:16) Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good' works.
John 9:5) The Lord Jesus said; As long as I' am in the world, I' am the light of the world.
John 8:12)Then spake Jesus again unto them saying, I' am the light of the world: he that "followeth me" shall NOT walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Matthew 5:14) YE are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
Be dressed with your loins girded about you, and your lights burning.
As a TREE bearing fruit John 15:4)
Revelation 11:3) The Lord said to these Two Witnesses: I will give "POWER" and "they" shall prophesy 1260 days, clothed in "sackcloth."
SACKCLOTH: is an outward expression of an inward "change" of heart.
In Acts 2:17-21) And it shall come to pass "in the last days," saith God, I will pour out "of my Spirit" upon "all" flesh: and "your" sons and your daughters shall WHAT?
1. Prophesy
and your' old men shall WHAT?
2. dream dreams:
18) And on "my servant(s) and on my handmaiden(s) I will pour out "in those days" of my Spirit; and they shall WHAT?
3. Prophesy:
19) And I will WHAT?
4. shew wonder(s) in heaven above,
5. and signs in the earth beneath;
6 blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20) And
7. The sun shall be turned into darkness,
8. and the moon into blood, WHEN?
BEFORE the great and "notable" day of the Lord come:
21) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall "call" upon the name of the Lord "shall" be saved.
WHEN is the great and notable "day of the Lord?"
Paul tells us exactly "when" that day is. 1 Thessalonians 5:2)
For ye yourselves know perfectly that "the day of the Lord" so "cometh as "a THIEF in the night."
And "where" does our Lord Jesus tell us he comes a "a THIEF?Revelation 16:15) Behold, I come as a THIEF. Blessed is he that Keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked,(nakedness represents SIN as the first man and woman shows us in Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:7) and they' see his shame.
The first man and woman were ashamed and tried to cover themselves with fig leaves after they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Now we read Revelation 11:5-6) And if any man will hurt them, (the two witnesses) fire proceedeth out of their mouths, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he "must" in this manner be killed. 6) These have "power" to shut up heaven, that it "rain not" IN THE DAY(S) of "THEIR PROPHESY:" and have "power" over water(s) to turn them to blood, and "to smite" the earth with "all" plague(s), as "often as they will."
Now we read Revelation 11:7) The beast that comes up "out of the bottomless pit" shall "make war with them" and shall "overcome them" and "kill" them WHY?
for THEIR Testimony.
Martyrs !!
Psalms 116:15) PRECIOUS "in the sight of the Lord" is the "death of his saints."
So also are the death of these TWO WITNESSES, 2 bodies of peoples, both Jew and Gentile "believers."
Consider this...... Today, believers get on the nerves of the world, and the world hates the believers in Christ Jesus. The world today' tolerate believers and in many cases throughout the world, they are put to death. We witness it all the time.
But in the FIRST 42 months=31/2 years of tribulation these Two Witnesses (two types of families of the earth) have "power" from God and it will be made manifest for the "whole world" to see FROM JERUSALEM. The City that is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Consider what it will look like with all these bodies laying in the street for 31/2 days ! And all the world celebrate their deaths, and send gifts one to another.
The 2 Olive Trees and the 2 Candlesticks. ( Jew and Gentile)
Isaiah 43:10-12) Isaiah 44:8) Acts 1:8)
THREE and One HALF years have past of the tribulation when these TWO WITNESSES are taken up. Christ raises them up for "all" the world to see.
These TWO WITNESSES, two families of the earth, believers in our Lord Jesus Christ; STAND as witnesses to the whole world in Jerusalem, before the God of the earth.
As for John the beloved in Pastor F.M. Riley's post. His dead body is NOT raised YET, it will be raised when the Rapture takes place. He was a MESSENGER, a WITNESS through the account of the book of Revelation, a Prophet unto all of the world, through Revelation, and a witness for Christ, for all the world, and through the Revelation.
As for Elijah...the prophet...whom God caught up in a whirlwind, and was prophesied to come before the "great and dreadful day of the Lord" in
Malachi 4:5)
In Malachi 4:6) We read: And he (Elijah) shall turn the "heart" of the fathers to the children, and the "heart" of the children to their fathers, "lest I' come and smite the earth" with a curse.
When and where was this fulfilled? For it has already been fulfilled in none other than JOHN THE BAPTIST.
We read in Luke 1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. (John the Baptist.)
Before' John was born, we read in Luke 1:14) where The Lord told Zacharias the father of John, these words: And thou (Zacharias) shalt have joy and gladness; and many' shall rejoice "at his birth." 15) For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall "be filled with the Holy Ghost, EVEN FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB." 16) And many' of the children of Israel shall "he turn" to the Lord their God.
17) And he shall go before him ( the Lord) IN THE SPIRIT AND "POWER" OF ELIAS, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the "disobedient" to the "wisdom" of the "just;" TO MAKE READY "A PEOPLE" PREPARED FOR THE LORD. ( Jesus Christ the Messiah )
And our Lord Jesus said OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, in Matthew 11:11-14)
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there "hath not RISEN a greater than JOHN THE BAPTIST: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of "heaven" is greater than he. 12) And from the days of John the Baptist until NOW the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and "the violent" take it by force. 13) For all the prophets and the "law" prophesied UNTIL JOHN.
14) And "if" you will receive it, THIS IS ELIAS, which was "for to come."
15) He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Jew and Gentile)
The spirit of Elijah was in John the Baptist, and was also rested on Elisha.
2 Kings 2:15)
Before any here give me a railing accusation concerning this statement, I quote: Ecclesiastes 8:8) There is no man that hath power over the (s)pirit to "retain" the (s)pirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. (lower case s)
So Elijah was and has already come in John the Baptist according to our Lord in Matthew 11:14. IF YOU WILL RECEIVE IT. In God's time according to
2 Peter 3:8 One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as ONE day.
So in God's time, it has been 2 days as of NOW from our Lords ascension; And behold we await the Blessed Hope!
[ Which I personally see happening in Revelation 6:12-14) I compare this to Isaiah 34:1-5 drawing attention to verses 4,5. and in Revelation 6:15-17 there is no doubt "the world" noticed our departure. HOW COULD THEY KNOW IT WAS THE Christians who are gone? Because, Wherein time past ye walked according to the "course of this world," according to the prince of the power of the air, "the spirit" that now worketh "in" the children of disobedience. Ephesians 2:2) The world walks according to a different spirit than we. They notice even NOW, that is why they hate us. But our Lord said; ' "the world" hated me before it hated you; but, be of good cheer, I' have overcome the world. ]
NOW we know who the TWO WITNESSES ARE:
The TWO OLIVE TREES
The TWO CANDLESTICKSRevelation 11:4 THESE are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
God almighty is the God of the earth.
John the Beloved also saw in Revelation 7:9,10) a great multitude , which no man could number, OF ALL NATIONS,
and KINDREDS,
and PEOPLE,
and TONGUES,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb.
In verse 14) John is told WHO these are: These are they' which come OUT of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
What is "great tribulation?
Jeremiah 30:7) Alas! "that day" is great, so that none is like it: it' is even the time of Jacob's trouble; BUT HE SHALL BE SAVED' OUT OF IT.'
Other scriptures:
Matthew 24:21
Revelation 2:22 the Church of Thyatira: cast her into great tribulation, except they repent.
Revelation 7:14
This was shown to John the revelator, BEFORE the 7th seal is broken in Revelation 8:1)
I read in Job 5:17-19 Happy is the man whom God correcteth: For he maketh sore, and he bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19) IN SIX TROUBLES he shall deliver thee, IN SEVEN there shall NO Evil touch thee.
So also is it with the 7 sealed judgments.1 Peter 4:17) Judgment MUST begin at the house of God, and if it FIRST begin "at" us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the "gospel" of God?The sealed judgments are for the body of Christ, the Church, and we see in Revelation 7) the 144000 are sealed in their foreheads, before the 7th seal is broken by our Lord in Revelation 8:1.)
The Church are WITNESSES of the "gospel" of Jesus Christ.
So also are the Jew and Gentiles together. The disciples were WITNESSES of the Lord Jesus's life, ministry, and death and resurrection.
Christ IS the Resurrection and the life. ALL that believe in him, shall NOT perish, but have everlasting LIFE.
The TWO OLIVE TREES and the TWO CANDLESTICKS are predestined to stand before the Lord God to WITNESS to the WHOLE WORLD for 31/2 years AFTER the Church is taken out of the way. ( church is the Bride)
WHY? does God have these TWO WITNESSES stand and minister at this time?
1. Nehemiah 9:17) A God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, SLOW TO ANGER, and of great kindness, and forsookest them' not.
2. Psalms 103:8) The Lord is merciful and gracious, SLOW TO ANGER, and plenteous in mercy.
3.Psalms 145:8) The Lord is gracious, and FULL OF COMPASSION; slow to anger, and great in mercy.
4. Joel 2:13) And rend "your heart," and "not your garments," and turn unto the Lord your God: for he' is gracious and merciful, and slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
5. Jonah 4:2) And he (Jonah) prayed unto the Lord and said, I pray thee O Lord, was this not my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I' knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
6. Nahum 1:3) The lord is SLOW TO ANGER, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Does this surprise you that there are SIX mentions of this in our scriptures?
IN SIX troubles he shall deliver thee, and IN SEVEN, there shall no evil touch thee. Job 5:19
6 seals of judgment. and in the 7th seal, no evil shall touch the righteous Church and the 144000 Hebrew virgins.
BUT, God, is great in Mercy, slow to anger great of kindness, ready to pardon, so he will send his TWO WITNESSES before the time of Jacob's trouble.
Ever wonder Why, there is 30 minutes of silence in heaven?
Revelation 8:1) And when he had opened the "7th SEAL," there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
Because God is SLOW TO ANGER and repenteth him of the evil that is coming after the 7th seal is broken. 8:2) And I saw the SEVEN angels which which stood before God; and to them were given 7 trumpets.
8:(6) And the 7 angels which had the 7 trumpets "PREPARED" themselves TO SOUND.
And IN 8:(7) the "first" angel SOUNDED.
And when the (6th) angel SOUNDED in 9:13) 4 angels were loosed, which were PREPARED for ONE HOUR, and ONE DAY, and ONE MONTH, and ONE YEAR, for to slay the 1/3 part of men. Verse 15)
But in the days of the voice of the 7th angel, when he SHALL BEGIN to SOUND,THE MYSTERY OF GOD SHOULD BE FINNISHED, as he (God) hath declared to his PROPHETS.
No more Mystery of God, the whole world knows it is God the Almighty at this point.
For Pastor Riley: We do not need to know what "a" word in our King James Bible means in Greek, or even in Hebrew, because King James declared a Translation of the Bible be made as consonant to the Hebrew and Greek, in 1611. My KJV interprets itself, and translates a language we do not know, like Hebrew and Greek.
Joseph said in Genesis 40:8) Do not all interpretations belong to God?
And that doesn't just mean dreams.
A few examples: Matthew 1:23 and they shall call his name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Mark 5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, ad said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
Mark 15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of the skull.
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
John 1:38 They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
John 1:41 we have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Acts 4:36 Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Our Lord told us in Ecclesiastes 8:4) Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Today the English language is the most spoken language in the world. Many nations speak the English language along with their own, and some speak even more than these. ( our First Lady speaks 8 languages)It is my personal belief that God predestined King James to have the Bible translated in the English language. And if not for just this ONE simple reason: That reason is that God knew I would read the Bible in my English language and I got saved. It was this Bible alone that established and built the nation of America and none other. We Americans, who as of today, are as the drunkards of Ephraim. She has for the most part lost her first love. Consider the geographical layout of New York City, and compare it with the geographical layout of ancient Babylon; they are amazingly identical. Not all we Christians are lazy. Some of us are not like those in Thessalonica, in that we search the scriptures daily, to see if these things are so. In my learning process of the truth of the scriptures, and in the revelations the Lord gives me through my studies of the scriptures I weep. I then say to the Lord; Lord, thank you for showing me that. I don't deserve it; and I don't have it coming. But he reminds me in my spirit, through the Holy Ghost, that he loves me, and that he told me by his word; that if I called unto him, he would answer me and show me great and mighty things, which I know not. And so it is with "all" who love him.
Come Lord Jesus.
God Bless
KML